節欲
jié​yù

to practice abstinence

  • created sense approved 节欲/節欲 · jié​yù · to practice abstinence — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    节欲 / 節欲

    jié​yù

    to practice abstinence

    to control or restrain one's desires; specifically refers to sexual abstinence or moderation

    节, 欲

    节 (literal) → 节/節 · jié · to restrain 欲 (literal) → 欲 · yù · desire

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense